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Chinese BMX rider Deng Yawen and Argentina’s Jose Torres Gil saw off the competition in the Paris sunshine to surprise Olympic golds in the women’s and men’s park final on Wednesday. It was a first medal for Argentina so far at these 2024 Games and a first gold since Rio 2016. “I couldn’t understand that I had won, it’s totally crazy, it brought tears to my eyes. Now I can cry alone,” Torres Gil said. “It means everything. It’s my life, four years working with the team.” He won thanks to a first run of 94.82 points with his minute routine and world champion Kieran Darren David Reilly of Britai…